Robert Newman, College of Humanities dean, removed his name from consideration to become the new president of Florida International University, he said in an email.

The junior in engineering rents a house with his friends near the U, which has a roof covered by enough pigeons to recall scenes from "The Birds." A city building inspector demanded that the residents do something about the birds, so on Easter morning, Schutt went outside with a BB gun and fired shots at the pigeons to scare them away, according to a police report.

Urban planning and architecture students are applying what they've learned by serving urban communities and exchanging knowledge across disciplines.

Bitter financial times won't stop the late-night alcohol-free parties thrown by the Union Programming Council.

However, party planners are tightening their belts a little.

Student fees might go up by $1.34 next year and an additional $1.50 during the next few years to finance ideas that have quietly been in the works for three years.

A tug-of-war contest for eighth-row MUSS seats ended in controversy Friday at Crimson Nights.

A proposal to raise student fees to finance student media will be presented to the U Board of Trustees early next month, but details of how the fee would be spent have not been disclosed.

Students can expect to see construction starting April 22 when the U breaks ground on a new science and technology research building on the old golf course.

Almost 2,000 elementary school students built towers made of straw and homemade catapults this week in an effort by the College of Engineering to promote the importance of science and math at an early age.

With a rapidly changing society, university presidents are predicting changes in the future of higher education, especially with regards to federal regulations, the use of technology and college affordability.